Inquiries
8/30 – The Cutting Edge News – Edwin Black requests access to info for his news site
9/2 – Reuters – Fred Burton on crime in Mexico and its political implications
9/3 – The Ottawa Citizen – Ian MacLeod requests media access to site (granted)
9/4 – The Pioneer (India) - Sandhya Jain requests media access to site
9/4 – Mid-Coast Forum on Public Relations – James Algrant requests a speaking engagement for George
9/4 – Alsbridge, Inc. – Don Montgomery requests reposting parts of “The Second Cold War and Corporate Security” in a newsletter for clients
Domestic
***8/30 – Los Angeles Times - – Fred quotes
***8/30 – San Francisco Chronicle – - Fred quote (reprint from LA Times)
8/30 – The Daily Herald (a Lee Enterprises paper based in Iowa) - - Fred quote (reprint from LA Times)
8/30 – The Trumpet - – general analysis attribution
8/30 – Minneapolis Star Tribune - – Fred quotes (reprint from LA Times)
8/30 – Real News Network (New York based) - – mentions George and Stratfor in relation to the Poland missile agreement
8/31 – The Trumpet - – quotes our daily updates on Russia and Iran
***8/31 – United Press International (based in D.C.) - - quotes George from the Telegraph
9/1 – The Trumpet - – quotes whole sections of Stratfor reports
9/1 – McClatchy Newspapers (printed in Ft. Worth Star Telegram, Mid Columbia Tri City Herald, The Olympian, Myrtle Beach Sun News, Rock Hill Herald, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Macon Telegraph, Kansas City Star, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The News Tribune, Centre Daily Times, News & Observer, Miami Herald, Belleville News Democrat) - - Kamran quote
9/2 – Bloomberg - quotes, update on previous Bloomberg story (old link deleted)
9/3 – Middle East Times (published in D.C.) - - quotes George’s analysis
9/3 – Right Side News - - weekly reprint
9/3 - Right Side News - - reprint of “The Second Cold War and Corporate Security” by Fred Burton & Scott Stewart
9/3 – Kiplinger - - quotes intelligence reports on Georgia
9/4 – Investor’s Business Daily - – quotes our analysis and says we are correct
9/4 – The Trumpet - – Fred quotes on Venezuelaand danger to U.S.
9/4 – United Press International – full text below – quote on oil in Africa
International
8/30 – ReportonBusiness.com (Canada) -
- George quote and statistics
***8/30 – The Telegraph (UK) - - George quote
***8/30 – Jerusalem Post (Israel) - – mentions George’s Telegraph (England) interview
8/31 – Ynetnews (Israel) - – quotes George from the Telegraph
8/31 – Infolive.tv (Israel) - - quotes George from the Telegraph
***8/31 – MINA (Macedonia) - - quotes George from the Telegraph
8/31 – Press TV (Iran) - - George quote
***8/31 – Kuwait Times (Kuwait) - – quotes our analyis
9/1 – Iran Mania (Iran) - – quotes George from the Telegraph
9/1 – Globe and Mail (Canada) - - Kamran quote
9/1 – Georgian Daily (Georgia) - – George quotes from Bloomberg
9/1 – Asian Tribune (based in Thailand, publishes from Sweden)
- quotes Stratfor “experts”
9/1 – Trend News (Azerbaijan) - – George quote
9/1 - MINA (Macedonia) - - quotes George from Bloomberg
9/1 – Press TV (Iran) - – George quote (no STRATFOR attribution)
9/1 – Xinhua (China) - - George quote (no STRATFOR attribution)
9/1 – Persian Journal (Iran) - - George quote (no STRATFOR attribution)
9/1 – People’s Daily (China) - - George quote (no STRATFOR attribution)
9/2 Fars News Agency (Iran) - – George quote (no STRATFOR attribution)
9/2 – Globe and Mail (Canada) - - quote from Kamran
9/2 – Windsor Star (Canada) - – quotes George from Bloomberg, Bloomberg reprint
9/3 – The Market Oracle (UK) - - weekly reprint
9/3 - The Market Oracle (UK) - - reprint of article, “New Cold War and the Threat to Corporate Security”
9/3 – FinChannel (Georgia) - – repost of “Estonia: Things to Come”
9/3 – Canada.com (Canada) - – quotes an intelligence report on Pakistani jihadists
9/4 – FinChannel(Georgia) - – repost of Georgia article on ripples in pond
9/4 - FinChannel(Georgia) - – repost of “The Second Cold War…”
9/4 - FinChannel(Georgia) - - repost of “Estonia: Things to Come”
9/4 – FinChannel(Georgia) - – repost of “The Financial Aftermath of the Russo-Georgian War”
9/4 – Windsor Star (Ontario, Canada) – full text below – quotes analysis
9/4 – The Ottawa Citizen (Canada) – full text below – quotes analysis
Blogs
8/30 – OpEdNews.com - - says we warn of World War 3, says we are pro-neo-con and pro-Israel
8/30 – Knowledge Futures (author lives in United Arab Emirates) - - quotes an article on oil exporting
8/30 – Carapace - - gives a little background on George and Stratfor (all public info)
8/30 – Newscenter CNN (not the 24/7 cable station) - - “The Western Encirclement of Russia” reprint
8/30 – Un-CensoredNews - - discusses Stratfor’s articles on ISI (Pakistani intelligence)
8/30 – SiyarGrup - – foreign language
8/30 – dohtorr - - mentions Stratfor pertaining to Dubai and oil
8/30 – KI Media (Cambodia) - - Globe and Mail repost with George quote
8/30 – Liberty - - George analysis from Kosovo/Russia
8/30 – New York Review of Books - - George’s article “Georgia and the Balance of Power”
8/30 - ?? Russian - - mentions George’s name
8/31 - Ultimate Muslim Warriors - - quotes George from another publication
8/31 – Politica on the Net (looks Italian) - - mentions George (can’t read it though)
8/31 – ParsNewz - - quotes George on Iranian missiles
8/31 – Moral Order - - quotes George’s analysis on Georgia/Russia
8/31 – Axis of Evil - - repost of article w/George’s quote on Iranian missiles
8/31 – SOS Georgia - - can’t read it, but mentions George’s name
8/31 – Glas Dijaspore - - foreign language
8/31 – Jamii Forums - – George quotes from Bloomberg
8/31 – Porkrinds Grind - - repost of George’s Georgia/Russia update
9/1 – Pakistan Defence - - quotes George on Iranian missiles
9/1 - ??? (Russian) -
9/1 – Turkish Forum (Turkey) - - repost of Geopolitical Diary: Turkey’s Options
9/1 – AntiWar.com (California) - – quotes George extensively on the Russia/Georgian conflict
9/2 – Turcopundit - - links to “Georgia and the Balance of Power”
9/2 – Infowars - – reprint of Bloomberg article
9/2 – China News - - quotes George on Iranian missiles
9/2 – Pooyeh - - reposts The Telegraph article w/George’s quote
9/2 – Democracy Digest - – quotes George about Georgia, and then argues against his point
9/2 – Heavy-Handed Politics - - repost of yesterday’s weekly
9/2 – Technology Investment Dot Info - - quotes from yesterday’s weekly
9/2 – Revolution Radio - - discusses George’s comments on “Georgian aggression”
9/2 – Bill O’Reilly blog - – repost of yesterday’s weekly
9/2 – Norwegian Vista - - repost of yesterday’s weekly
9/2 – Vlad Tepes - – repost of yesterday’s weekly
9/2 – Free Internet Press - – Kamran quote from McClatchy Newspapers
9/2 – Foreign Policy Association - - Kamran quote
9/3 – Political Futures -
-The Medvedev Doctrine and American Strategy ENTIRE REPRINT
9/3 – Snuffysmith’s Blog - - quotes from “Georgia and Kosovo: Intertwined”
9/3 – Reality Frame - - reposts yesterday’s weekly
9/3 - Hafez of Arabia - - reposts yesterday’s weekly
9/3 - Just an Earthbound Misfit - - reposts yesterday’s weekly
9/3 - CNN iReport - - reposts yesterday’s weekly; NO ATTRIBUTION TO STRATFOR
9/3 – Gather.com blog post - – repost of The Telegraph’s article w/George’s quotes
9/3 – First Baptist Church of Gillette blog (Florida) - – direct link to “Russo-Georgian War and the Balance of Power”
9/3 – Tell It Like It Is - - repost of “Medvedev Doctrine…”
9/3 – Roland San Juan - - repost of “Medvedev Doctrine…”
9/3 – Hounds of Love - - discusses “Medvedev Doctrine...” and critiques it
9/3 – Turkman Media - – talks about how we concern or don’t concern ourselves with the fates of world leaders
9/3 – de Volkskrant - - repost of “Medvedev Doctrine…”
9/3 – Newscenter CNN (not our cable news outlet) - - repost of “The Strategic Importance of the Black Sea”
9/3 – Downside World News - - repost of “The Strategic Importance of the Black Sea”
9/3 – Fabius Maximus - - repost and critique of “Medvedev Doctrine…”
9/3 – The Ronosphere - - repost of “The Second Cold War and Corporate Security”
9/3 – International Observations - - repost of “The Second Cold War and Corporate Security”
9/3 – Diplomat of the Future - - repost of “Medvedev Doctrine…”
9/3 – Creative I - – repost of “Medvedev Doctrine…”
9/3 – Docudharma - – repost of “Medvedev Doctrine” and then today is a critique
9/3 – CNN iReport - - repost of “Medvedev Doctrine…” – no attribution – working to correct that
9/3 – Northern Star - - says our article on the Second Cold war is fiction
9/3 – Free Spirit Skeptic - - repost “Medvedev Doctrine…”
9/3 – Out of Iraq Bloggers Caucus - - George quotes
9/4 – Sound of Cannons - - repost “Medvedev Doctrine...”
9/4 – MyBroadband Forums - – repost of “Medvedev Doctrine…”
9/4 – RealArmenia’s Weblog - - George quotes
9/4 – Above Top Secret boards - - talking about our article on Cold War II
9/4 – The Seventh Sola - - quotes us and agrees and thinks it’s funny
9/4 – ROFASIX - - reposts “Medvedev Doctrine...”
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Weekend Australian
August 30, 2008 Saturday
1 - All-round Country Edition
Russia raises tension
SECTION: FEATURES; Pg. 32
LENGTH: 661 words
THE BIG PICTURE
- THE crisis over Georgia intensified, with the European Union for the first time mulling sanctions against Russia after Moscow recognised the Georgian breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states. Russian president Dmitry Medvedev
declared he was not afraid of a new cold war and followed through by ordering the test firing of a long-range ballistic missile that could allegedly penetrate the proposed US missile defence shield in eastern Europe.
Russian daily Kommersant compared the recognition of the Georgian territories with 9/11, stating that world politics would never be the same again.
``For the first time in history, Russia demonstratively undermined the principle of territorial integrity, giving preference to the principle of self-determination of peoples,'' Mikhail Zygar wrote.
Deutschland said any doubt as to Russia's goals had ``vanished into thin air. By recognising ... Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states, against international law, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has made Moscow's intention clear: The Russian Government wants to change the map of Europe by violence.''
Referring to Medvedev's assertion that Russia might repeat its actions against Georgia in other neighbouring countries such as Ukraine or the Baltic states, The Washington Post warned: ``This is the rhetoric of an isolated, authoritarian government drunk with the euphoria of a perceived victory and nursing the delusion of a restored empire. It is convinced that the West is too weak and divided to respond with more than words. If nothing is done to restrain it, it will never release Georgia, and it will not stopthere.''
Describing Russia as a bully, London's The Daily Telegraph listed the minimal steps the West should take to counter Kremlin bullying: ``expulsion from the G8; freezing consultation within the EU Partnership and Co-operation Agreement and the NATO-Russia Council; an invitation to Georgia and Ukraine by the alliance to join its Membership Action Plan; and the blocking of Russia's WTO membership''.
But Paul Berman argued in The New Republic ``a simple, adequate, tit-for-tat response'' did not exist. ``An adequate response can only be complex, long-term, and global.'' Questions of democratic principle, national security and the energy crisis had merged. ``We will need a newly combined policy, then a reaffirmation of the principles of democratic solidarity, together with an urgent, national-priority effort to develop alternative-energy industries ... to weaken the Putin dictatorship and a series of other petro-enemies of democracy.''
Stratfor.com warned that Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia could backfire. ``Russia is packed to the gills with its own separatist regions and Tuesday's decision will only give all of these disparate and resentful groups food for thought ... So why open Pandora's box? First and foremost, the recognition decision is about Kosovo. In Kosovo, the West utterly ignored Russian concerns and imposed a legal regime that fit with Western interests. With Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Russia is returning the favour in its own back yard.''
But Bernard-Henri Levy, writing in The Wall Street Journal, debunked any comparisons with Kosovo. ``As if there could be anything in common between the case of a Serbian province hounded, battered and broken by ethnic purification (that) lasted for decades, and the situation of Ossetia, victim of a `genocide' that, according to the latest news ... consists of 47 deaths.''
The Daily Mail's Edward Lucas, meanwhile, heckled Britain's ``pinstriped fifth column: businessmen whose salivating pursuit of profits blinded them to the looming menace of Russia's authoritarian crony capitalism'' for emboldening the Kremlin. ``And let us also blame the European leaders in Germany, Italy, France and elsewhere, crass and craven by turns, who have divided the continent and endangered our security.''
The Straits Times (Singapore)
September 1, 2008 Monday
Moscow threatens to supply 'game changing' missile system to Iran
LENGTH: 283 words
RUSSIA is proceeding with its threat to sell a 'game changing' air defence system to Iran as a high-stakes bargaining chip in its new 'Cold War' with America.
According to the Sunday Telegraph, US intelligence feared the Kremlin will supply the sophisticated S-300 system to Teheran if Washington pushes through Nato membership for Russia's pro-Western neighbours, Georgia and Ukraine.
'The message from Moscow is very clear,' Mr George Friedman, director of Stratfor, a US private intelligence agency, said. 'They are saying if you don't stop meddling in our sphere of influence, this is what we are going to do.'
The proposed deal is causing huge alarm in the US and Israel as the S-300 can track 100 targets at once and fire on planes up to 120.7 km away. Pentagon adviser Dan Goure said that would make it a 'game changer', greatly improving Iranian defences against any air strike on its nuclear sites. 'This is a system that scares every Western air force.'
Moscow was furious with Nato encroaching into the former Soviet bloc and its granting of independence to the former Serbian province of Kosovo against its wishes.
Furthermore, presidential hopefuls John McCain and Barack Obama have both supported Georgian desire for Nato membership.
Senior US intelligence operatives believe Russia is planning to use a stand-off over the S-300 to create a foreign policy showdown that would test the mettle of the new US president. There are reports that Russia has already moved some basic components for the system to its ally Belarus, ready for possible transfer to Iran, Sunday Telegraph said.
Russia has denied previous assertions by senior Iranians that a deal has already been finalised on the S-300.
The Age (Melbourne, Australia)
September 2, 2008 Tuesday
First Edition
Cold Snap;
FOCUS - POLITICS
BYLINE: Terry Friel, with Telegraph, Guardian, AFP
SECTION: NEWS; Features; Pg. 9
LENGTH: 1894 words
Russia’s aggression in Georgia and its disregard of world opinion have raised the spectre of Soviet-era politics — and a return of the Cold War. Terry Friel reports from Tbilisi.
ALMOST 20 years after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, its legacy remains striking in many of its former republics, ranging from impossibly absurd yellow above-ground water pipes that loop crazily over driveways and around buildings, to heroic Stalinist worker statues and haphazard ethnic enclaves that still spark wars.
But Russia’s invasion of Georgia and its recognition of the independence of two breakaway regions has sent a new and chilling reminder to other former satellites such as Azerbaijan, Poland and Ukraine that it still wields immense power over them — and that the West is powerless to help.
Despite clear warnings from the United States and Europe, Russia recognised the independence of the rebel Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia after a short but bloody war with Tbilisi, upping the ante in a bitter stand-off with the West that has triggered warnings of a new Cold War.â€
Russia will try to explain that there was no other way, and that if anyone doesn’t understand, it’s ready to confront (them),†says the head of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies, Alexander Rondeli. “This is a lie. They still play this superpower game. This was always part of the plan to destroy Georgia and show the world who’s boss. They’d already decided (on independence) months ago.â€
Russia continued to flex its muscles on the eve of today’s emergency European Union summit in Brussels, called in response to the occupation of Georgia. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned Europe that Russia’s energy reserves — on which it is so dependent — will flow to Asia if the continent’s leaders seek to punish his country for invading Georgia.
Russia has, at different stages, blamed Europe and America for the Georgian crisis, which unfolded when Georgia launched a military offensive on August 7 to regain control of its breakaway region of South Ossetia.
Russia responded the next day by sending troops over the border, ostensibly to protect the pro-Russian enclave.
But last week Putin said the crisis in the Caucasus was started by the Americans as a US election campaign ploy.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has also made it clear the unbending support of Europe and the US for Kosovo’s independence from Serbia this year over objections by Russia — Serbia’s ally — was a key reason for Russia’s moves in Georgia and the wider confrontation with the West.â€
We’re not scared of anything, including the prospect of a Cold War, but of course we don’t want it,†Medvedev said on Kremlin-sponsored Russia Today television.
Analysts say there is virtually no chance Russia will now withdraw its support for independence for Abkhazia and South Ossetia, instead pledging military support if they are attacked.
Tbilisi-based Caucasus expert Lawrence Sheets, of the International Crisis Group, says Russia is not going to back down on what it has done, “in the same way that the United States and Europe are not going to go back on Kosovoâ€.
While their declarations of independence are supported by Russia, the situation on the ground in Abkhazia and South Ossetia is unclear. Trying to get into South Ossetia, barely 30 kilometres from Tbilisi, to investigate reports that returning Georgians are being attacked and killed, journalists are abused and threatened at checkpoints manned by vodka-swilling Ossetian militiamen at villages such as Alkhagori.
It’s not safe to go on.â€
People going back to Georgian villages are being killed by Ossetians,†says Rondeli. “That’s not ethnic tension, that’s ethnic hatred. It’s a disaster.â€
Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes, and despite two weeks of heavily publicised aid deliveries from overseas, aid workers says little is getting through to those who need it because of distribution problems, arguments among agencies about what to do and the continuing Russian military presence.